FaZe vs. Vitality, Preview, & Prediction - Free 7/11 CS: GO

The opponents will play at the lower semi-finals of the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament this Sunday. The winner of this match moves to the lower final as the loser is eliminated from the tournament.

FaZe Team Stats and Latest Results

FaZe is ranked 36th on the global rankings. They finished 1-4th place at the IEM Cologne 2021 Play-In and got a chance to play in the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament where they played 2 matches and lost 1. They lost their first match at the opening round against Astralis and dropped to the lower bracket. They have also played in other tournaments such as the Gamers Without Borders 2021 where they finished 5-6th and BLAST Premier Spring Final 2021 where they were 7-8th place. In the last 8 matches, the European team won 4 matches and held a win rate of 31.2%.

Map win rate in the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Vertigo (100.0%) and Mirage (75.0%). On the other hand, they registered an average performance on Inferno (50.0%) but failed to impress on Nuke (44.4%), Ancient (33.3%), Overpass (25.0%), Dust2 (20.0%), and Train (0.0%). The team lineup includes karrigan (0.86), olofmeister (0.94), rain (1.10), Twistzz (1.14), and broky (1.07).

Vitality Team Stats and Latest Results

Vitality is ranked 93rd on the world ranking and has been among the top 30 teams for 93 weeks. They were invited to the IEM Cologne 2021 tournament based on their performance at the Play-In. At the IEM Cologne 2021, they won their first match when they played FURIA in the opening round but lost to Natus Vincere (2-1) in the upper semi-finals. Considering their performance in other events, the French team finished 7th at the Flashpoint 3 tournament and 3-4th at the IEM Summer 2021. They won 5 matches out of their last 8 and hold a win rate of 60.0%.

Map win rate over the last 3 months shows that the team has been impressive on Cobblestone (100.0%), Mirage (75.0%), Vertigo (66.7%), Overpass (62.5%), Nuke (54.5%), and Inferno (50.0%). They failed to show above-average performance on Dust2 (42.9%). The team lineup consists of shox (1.03), apEX (1.03), ZywOo (1.32), misutaaa (1.00), and Kyojin (0.96).

FaZe vs. Vitality H2H Record

The two teams have met on 5 occasions and FaZe has won on 3. Vitality won the last match when they played at the ESL Pro League Season 13 tournament.

FaZe vs. Vitality Betting Preview

Vitality had 4 consecutive wins before losing their last match when they played Natus Vincere. FaZe is also in good form because they have won 4 matches in the last 6. Nevertheless, Vitality leads on Dust2, Nuke, Overpass, and Vertigo. Both teams have an equal win rate on Mirage and Inferno. For this reason, we predict that Vitality will lead but FaZe will take one card.

The Pick: Vitality to win/Over 2.5 maps